Rubber exercising strap



Aug. 9, 1932. MIB. REACH RUBBER EXERCISING STRAP Filed Dec. 26, 1950 Inueni'bi': J'Tili'on B. Reach B M Ma/MM I:

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Patented Aug. 9, 1932 warren stares PATENT OFFICE, ji

MILTON B. REACH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. BROS,OF NEW YORK, N; Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY SPALDING &

RUBBER EXERCISIIQ'G- STRAP Application filed December 26, 1936. SerialNo. 504,938.

The invention relates to an exercising device for use either as an armand body exerciser, or for use in combination with a wall bracket tosimulate the action of a chest weight where the bracket is placedshoulder high, or of a rowing machine when the bracket is placed nearthe floor line.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front view of the device for use as an armor body exerciser. v

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the device as combined with awall bracketfor use as a chest exerciser.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the wall bracket.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the wall bracket, and

Figure 5 is a view in side elevation of a fragmentary portion of theexerciser.

The exerciser comprises a band of rubber 1 which may be of any suitableform, but in the particular embodiment shown herein is provided withbeads or reinforcements of rubber integral with the main body, extendingalong the edges of the said body as at 2. At the ends of this hand thereare grips 3 of rubber molded integrally with the band and beads, andprojecting slightly at each end beyond the margin of the hand. Theserubber grips are perforated longitudinally as at 4 to receive metal rodsindicated at 5. These rods project beyond the ends of the rubber grip,and one of them is adapted-to be seated in a bracket 6, having means forattachment to the wall, such as the openings 7 to receive attachingscrews.

The brackets comprise a base plate and ears 8, one of which is providedwith an opening 9, and the other with a slot 10, which has an inclinedportion 11, and a forwardly extending portion 12, the latter forming theseat for the rod in line with the opening in the opposite ear of thebracket.

The device may be used as an arm and body exerciser by grasping therubber grips and stretching the band, and when so used, the metal rodsare removed from the grips.

if the device is to be used as a wall exercising apparatus, the metalrods are applied to the grips by inserting them in the longitudinalopenings of said grips, and then one rod is used as a handle, and theother rod is mounted in the wall bracket, and thus holds the device tothe wall for use either as'a chest weight apparatus, or as a rowingapparatus. The rod which secures the device to'the wall bracket may beinserted after the grip is introduced betweenthe ears of the bracket.

Thejmetal rods 5 are of slightly larger diameter than the diameter ofthe openings through the rubber grips so that the fit between theseparts will be suificiently tight to maintain the rods in place againstordinary pressures, enabling the assembly to be used as a wall exerciserwithout danger of having the parts becoming disconnected.

The metal rodbars in the bracket, and the rubber grips act as stopsagainst the inner sides of the ears to maintain the connection betweenthe rods and the bracket.

The slot in the bracket is to allow the assembly, consisting of therubber grip with the metal rod in place therein, to be seated in thebracket by first inserting one end of the rod in the hole in one ear ofthe bracket and then moving the other end portion of the rod laterallythrough the slot and into the seat in the other ear of the bracket.

The device can be assembled, however, as above intimated, by firstinserting the rubber grip between the ears of the bracket and thereafterthreading the metal rod through the ears.

The appliance may be used as a wall apparatus as above described, butwith the metal rod omitted from the grip which is used as a handle.

A plurality of the exercisers may be arranged-side by side one for eachhand. As they project beyond the side edges of the band 1,the grips 3are adapted to be engaged outwardly of as well as between said, edges,with the result that they may be firmly and comfortably held in thehands While using the device.

I claim:

1. An exerciser comprising a band of rubher having grips molded to theends thereof and extending beyond the side edges of the band,substantially as described.

2. An exerciser comprising a band of rubber having grips molded to theends thereof and extending beyond the side edges of the V band, saidgrips being perforated lengthwise,

and rods adapted to be seated in said perfora- 'tions and to projectbeyond the ends of'the grips substantially as described.

3. An exerciser comprising a rubber band having enlargements moldedthereto at its ends with rods seated in said-enlargements and proJectingbeyond the ends of the same, 1 one of said rods being adapted to beseated ber thereon.

5. An exerciser comprising a band of rubber having beads at its sideedges, and rubber grips formed integrally with the endsof the band andribs, the grips extending. beyond both faces and both side edges oftheband;

In testimony Whereof'I aflix my signature.

' MILTON B. REACHI

